Monday, August 17, 2015

Collective efforts by 17 Republican
candidates to energize the public in their direction have not caught fire
except for one person, Donald Trump. Media programs that lean towards one side of
the aisle or the other are endlessly discussing the Trump effect on the
potential electorate. Core topics from immigration to national health care have
been transformed by an outsider who has placed a new twist on these banal subjects.
Donald Trump has codified his message with a simplicity that resonates across a
gamut of the population. From state fairs to corner stores Trump appears to be
everywhere willing to discuss his message with anyone willing to listen.

Pundits of all stripes continue
to assault this political outsider noting his meteoric rise will crash and burn
in due course. Extensive polls done pre and post the first debate continue to
indicate Trump is firmly planted at the top of each one. With a finesse
reserved to a polished few, the Donald as many call him, easily deflects
questions that deteriorate from his message. From bankruptcy to his position on
women’s issues he discusses the basics while directing the conversation on to
the next subject before fully answering the first one. Consequently some have
become suspicious of him for the profound lack of depth in his answers to
issues others have algorithmically discussed. Nevertheless Trump has been able
to jump over this hurdle by mesmerizing those who come before him noting his
successes while deflating his failures.

In interview after
interview most reporters have gingerly discussed his background and preparation
to become Commander in Chief. As Trump notes he built a vast company which has
tentacles that reach into many areas that a president should have knowledge of.
He wastes no time inferring how poor our American leadership is compared to
that of China, Mexico and other countries. Trump’s major theme is these
countries dump their products here and we send our money there. On immigration
he has echoed an array of proposals to slow the rate of new arrivals and a
methodology to repatriate illegals to their home countries.Many question whether Donald Trump has the
staying power to remain in the race. For now he is on the top of the heap and
continues to defy the logic of the pundits calling for him to fail. The road to
the November 2016 election is long and treacherous. All eyes, presently, are on
the street fighter from New York who does not plan to go down for the ten
count.

Tuesday, August 11, 2015

Five days since the
notorious Republican debate aired when the gang of three moderators from Fox
dumped on Trump. A well-organized inquisition of the Republican leader was
carried out with a ferocity that is usually reserved for leftist attack dogs.
Megyn Kelly opened the barrage of questions aimed at unmasking Donald Trump’s
weaknesses. Instead Kelly’s inquisitory style displayed Fox’s fair and balance
moniker was in label only. Audience members, whether on location or watching
from a distance, learned very little that night except Megyn Kelly does not
know her right from her left. Days after this gargantuan failure for legitimate
political dialogue Fox continues to revel in the large number of viewers to
this so-called debate. Never acknowledging most tuned into to see and hear
Donald Trump Fox hierarchy and its minimalist commentators defended their
actions Thursday with a righteous indignation that has a stench all its own.

Donald Trump and most who
were sensitized to the deliberate denigration of the debate process displayed
their collective anger on an array of news shows afterwards. Fox set a new low
for itself when displaying it went through Trump’s garbage in an attempt to
debase him. His retorts, based on Kelly’s questions, were the themes of
discussion. Trump spoke out harshly against those who orchestrated his downfall
using words such as “weak and pathetic” to describe Republican operatives
involved in this process. Excluded from a Red State forum in Atlanta Georgia by
one of these people, Erick Erickson, everyone knew the game was afoot to debilitate
the billionaire’s chances of moving into the Oval Office. Trump survived with a
stronger footing than he had before the Thursday night debacle. Polls, several
days later, indicated his position amongst voters strengthened. Fox not only
failed to bring the reluctant candidate to his proverbial knees Trump now
stands ten points higher than is closest rival.

Republican establishment
along with their left wing buddies have abandoned the electorate and handed
Obama whatever he legislatively requested.Donald Trump came along to shake up the quiescent political structure
simultaneously resonating with a population tired of the old guard in Congress.
Their fear is he may succeed by taking Obama’s hope and change and giving this
theme some real meaning. Trump will not go quietly into the night and why should
he. Few candidates for the presidency have been so blatantly open about their
intentions. Trump has set a new high in political rhetoric. His naysayers should
watch their backsides because they may be bowing to a President Trump in the
not too distant future.

Mark Davis MD, President
of Davis Media and Writing Services. www.davis writingservices.com platomd@gmail.comAuthor of Demons of Democracy and Obamacare:
Dead on Arrival, A Prescription for Disaster.

Wednesday, August 5, 2015

Ineptitude
and incompetence defines Baltimore’s present government and its legion of
public attorneys.

More
interested in the limelight than what is right the City’s gang of reigning
political clowns have suspended sanity to curry favor with its residents. Death
has found Baltimore in numbers too great to ignore. Forty-five murders were
reported in July. Unless revised the record books will reflect a very hot
summer in the city that bleeds. City Hall has taken to the streets to blame its
own police department for the tribulation now being observed. Reality speaks to
a far different explanation of the chaotic events unfurling in this locale.
Police are swamped with the massive level of crime within the confines of
Baltimore’s 92 square miles. Permissive government policies and a lax
prosecutorial system have contributed to the increasing level of daily violence.
Crime has always been pervasive amongst Baltimore’s 622,000 estimated
residents. Using the Freddie Grey incident as an excuse, which remains to be
resolved, Baltimore’s Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake bashed her own police
department as the cause of the uptick in violence. Similar to other cities
managed by incompetents violent interludes on their streets stem from intrinsic
problems amongst the population not in the guardians hired to keep law and
order. Ethnic violence will not stop until a firm hand with a logical mind
behind it returns to the seat of power held by its present ineffectual mayor.
Overwhelmed by Baltimore’s problems Rawlings-Blake pretends to be in control
when the actions on the streets speak otherwise. Forced to bring in the feds to
control violence Mayor Blake is admitting the job she holds is beyond her
abilities.

Local
media lives in an alternate reality. Crime reports are diluted to give the
perception all is not so bad in the streets and corridors of this decaying jurisdiction.
I am here to report Baltimore is entrenched in ethnic violence with no resolve
in sight. Political masochists will grind anyone into dust who dares to offer
solutions to effectuate change in the city. Mayor Blake and her associates
enjoy the status quo and will not confront the hard issues entrenched in this
swamp of a town. Books will be written, years from now, how a government used
its own residents so its leaders could move up the food chain. If you are a
cheerleader for Baltimore I dare you to walk through its neighborhoods once the
lights go out. I pray you find the morning light.

Monday, August 3, 2015

Cultural
diversity is being engineered by a central government that wants to supplant
traditional America. Neighborhoods no longer reflect main street USA. Millions
of migrants have resurfaced the face of cities bringing the essence of Third
World societies into areas once reserved for the bedrock of this nation, its
citizens. On a recent trip through New York City and the surrounding geography
cultural shock confronted me. In one section of the city after the next a
dramatic transition had taken place. Store signs were no longer emblematic of
English speaking residents. Instead banners in Korean, Chinese, Spanish and a
dozen other languages had displaced what was the expected norm, English.
Cleansed of their original inhabitants my home town went international because
of liberal immigration policies. Established businesses were now catering to
the new locals who manage the streets and corridors of this subdivided city.
Consequently the prior residents of these areas had a choice: meld with the new
arrivals or get out of town. Many picked up and left not knowing there was no
place in which to escape.

America’s
cultural landscape has forever been changed. Flooding into this country, via Obama’s
open borders policies, a mixture of people from every continent have come to disrupt
a once settled society. With his open borders policies Obama opened the federal
treasury to them as well. Assimilation was never the intention, cultural
disintegration was. Crime throughout the country went from the exception to the
norm. Horrific accounts of illegals committing heinous actions against others
are cemented into the headlines daily. Diseases once hidden in the shadows by
vaccines have reemerged to take the lives of the innocents who contract them.
Guess who brought these toxic afflictions here? Silent America is not silent
anymore. Even the most liberal minded amongst us knows there is something
wrong. Awakening from their slumber those who built this society are no longer
sitting idly by as America slips further into the morass created by the haters
of this nation. Media is abuzz with news of people upset with a government that
has gone far beyond its mandate to govern. Obama is playing the game of chicken
with the nation. In this specific instance he will lose as growing voices
summate to disentangle us from the thick political web Obama has woven against
the electorate. Change is coming and will come from a most unlikely source.